10 Notable alumni of
Saint Augustine's University
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Saint Augustine's University is 2708th in the world, 948th in North America, and 896th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Saint Augustine's University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Anna J. Cooper
- Occupations
- historianwritereducatorsuffragistpolitical theorist
- Biography
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Anna Julia Cooper was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history.
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Charles Alston
- Occupations
- sculptorpaintervisual artistcaricaturist
- Biography
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Charles Henry Alston was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Alston designed and painted murals at the Harlem Hospital and the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building. In 1990, Alston's bust of Martin Luther King Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
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Millie Dunn Veasey
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Millie Dunn Veasey was an American veteran, who served from 1942 to 1945 in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC).
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Henry Beard Delany
- Occupations
- architectpriest
- Biography
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Henry Beard Delany was an American clergyman and the first African-American person elected Bishop Suffragan of the Episcopal Church in the United States.
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Ramon Gittens
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Ramon Gittens is a Barbadian sprinter. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as four outdoor World Championships in Athletics. He was the 100 meters silver medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games.
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Brian Hemphill
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- academic administrator
- Biography
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Brian O. Hemphill is an American academic administrator, researcher, author and the current president of Old Dominion University, his third university presidency in a decade. Before taking the role at ODU, Hemphill was president of Radford University and West Virginia State University. On February 12, 2021, Dr. Hemphill was announced as the 9th president of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He had become president of West Virginia State University in 2012 and of Radford in 2016. Before the West Virginia position, he had been vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Northern Illinois University, where he received several student and professional awards, and was praised for his work in the aftermath of a 2008 campus mass shooting. He later edited a book on campus violence as well as presenting papers on leadership and crisis management in higher education.
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Ralph Campbell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ralph Campbell Jr. was an American politician and auditor who served as the North Carolina State Auditor from 1993 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to hold statewide elected executive office in North Carolina. Campbell was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and he attended St. Augustine's College. He graduated with a degree in business administration in 1968, and served in the United States Army Reserve from 1971 until 1977. After leaving the reserve, he worked various government jobs before being elected to the Raleigh City Council in 1985.
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James E.C. Perry
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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James E. C. Perry is an American judge. He is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
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Roxroy Cato
- Years
- 1988-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Roxroy Cato is a Jamaican athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He placed 5th in his heat in a time of 49.03s at the 2012 Olympics.
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Ruby B. DeMesme
- Enrolled in Saint Augustine's University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Ruby Butler DeMesme was United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment from 1998 to 2001.
